Nature + Technology = GPS Adventure!

SMARTnotebook and Workbook Collide

Today we completed a matching and sorting activity in SMARTnotebook based on our story of the week, Around the Pond by Lindsay Barrett George.  The Graphic Organizer & Comprehension Check not only practiced their reading skills, but how to drag an object on the SMARTboard. This is sometimes tricky as consistent pressure needs to be applied or the object returns to it's original position.  The activities will be available during centers this week and have a self-check option.

Exploring... Park Rangers

We've been learning about park rangers! Above is the KWHL chart that we created together as a class. We used GlogsterEDU to create it. The photo is what the students added on their own during centers. Be sure to click on the play button on the Vocaroo below to hear Ethan's story journal entry for the week. This week we used our KWHL and a Step-Up to Writing paragraph frame to help us focus on our topic: Park Rangers!

Inspired to Write!

Coco, Loco, and Moco's Silly Adventure on StorybirdTheme 1: Silly Stories  Since we read silly stories, we now took a turn to become the author of a silly story.  We wrote this silly story using Storybird as a class.  First, we chose a set of illustrations for inspiration.  Next, we picked three pictures for our beginning, middle, and end.  Last, we composed a silly story together.  Students are now writing their own stories using Storybird. 

Reading Strategy: Questioning

Click on the corkboard and move your mouse around to view the different sticky notes or click here to see the lino full screen. 

We read Henry & Mudge & the Starry Night by Cynthia Rylant.  While we read, we stopped to ask questions about what we wondered or to clarify what we read. 

How do you use questioning to help you understand what you read?

Special Delivery...Migration Projects Just Landed!

This was the result of a detailed unit on migration. The student groups worked hard and learned a lot about migration. Enjoy watching the videos they created as a final project. Click here for full view.

Let's Take a Survey & Make a Pictograph...

We made took a survey and created a pictograph with GlogsterEDU. Next, we used Google Forms to make a short quiz based on the type of questions we've been practicing. Last, we shared it with other classrooms that are learning about graphs too.

Let's Make...Applesauce!

Last Friday, we made applesauce. We were so ambitious with the amount of apples we peeled, cored, and sliced, that it didn't fully cook down in time.  But, it was still an experience to remember!  This week, we are learning how to be more independent when making comments on a VoiceThread. Next week, we will be using our own accounts provided through BOCES. Soon, we'll be able to create our own as well.

Have you ever made applesauce?
How did it taste?
Who did you make it with?

Poem Exchange Continues

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We switched roles! For this Mixbook, student pairs in our classroom wrote the acrostic poems. Mr. Kauffman's students were the illustrators.
What do you think of our poems?
Does the visual image created in your mind match what the illustrators drew?
Let us know and leave a comment below.